Sanyo introduced a camcorder that can go under water up to 5 feet, the Xacti E1. The camcorder and camera functions themselves are average, so the selling feature is of course the under water ability.
Here are the main features:
- Waterproof: submersible to a depth of five feet for 60 minutes
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 640 x 480 pixels/30fps)
- Takes 6-megapixel stills (JPEG format)
- SD and SDHC support
- Bright, 2.5-inch LCD color display
- 5x optical zoom for great close-ups
- Anti-shake digital image stabilizer
- Super-macro function able to zoom in up to 1cm
- Digital Red-eye reduction
- PC and Mac compatible
- Dimensions: 2.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 in
- Weighs: 8.3 oz.
- Comes in a choice of Blue, Yellow or White
The E1 should be out just in time for summer and those under water discovery trips. However, it will cost you, $500.00 USD to be exact.
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